MHSC: Mousa Tamari closer than ever to Rennes before a last day of the hot transfer window

Tamari should have played his last match with MHSC, Friday against Lens (0-2). MAXPPP – Alexandre Dimou

The last day of the winter market, this Monday, February 3, could be eventful in Montpellier where the departure of the Jordanian would no longer be in doubt.

At the beginning of January, while he was putting out the Ben Yedder storm, which had died down like a soufflé, Laurent Nicollin had set the tone. “You never know what can happen at the end of the transfer window”, had stated the president of Montpellier HSC. Less than a month later, the closing of the winter market, this Monday evening at 11 p.m., could indeed be very eventful, particularly in terms of the departures from La Paillade.

The most important of them was only waiting, on Sunday, to be made official. According to Ouest France, Mousa Tamari was to become a Stade Rennais player after an agreement was reached on Saturday. The transfer amount could be between €6 and €8 million. According to a Breton source, the Jordanian even joined Ille-et-Vilaine on Sunday to undergo a medical examination.

Gain in value but real sporting loss

A prerequisite for the signing and the epilogue of a departure from Montpellier that illustrates its financial difficulties. The club from Pailladin finds itself forced to sell many players, even if it means weakening itself sportingly after the sales of Akor Adams (Sevilla FC) and Arnaud Nordin (Mainz), at the beginning of last week.

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Tamari, who arrived free in Hérault in the summer of 2023, would allow for real added value. But, having returned to great form since the arrival of Jean-Louis Gasset in October, he also seemed like one of the most reliable elements in the race to stay up. His double against Monaco or his solid performance in Toulouse, two successes before the relapse against Lens on Friday, went in this direction.

Joining a direct competitor, without the prospect of a European Cup – Rennes is no longer in the running in the Coupe de France – would not have initially appealed to the ambitious 27-year-old player. He made no secret of it internally last week. The weekend would have got the better of his desire. The former Leuven player would have ended up accepting the idea of ​​continuing his journey in a Rennes club whose transfer window looks like a huge lifeline: this morning, a few days after appointing its third coach of the season (Habib Beye), the team belonging to the Pinault family has already signed four recruits (Fofana, Samba, Furuhashi, Brassier) while waiting for Rouault, Olaigbe and therefore Tamari, very likely replacement for Amine Gouiri who left for OM.

Chotard, Coulibaly, Touré leaving, Meïté expected ?

And it's probably not over. As for Montpellier, where other departures are looming. In the final stretch, Birama Touré and Tanguy Coulibaly could be loaned or sold. While the case of Joris Chotard is the subject of many rumors. Unless the midfielder remains on the gong once again, after having almost joined Wolfsburg last summer.

In terms of arrivals, MHSC could also get active after the reinforcements of Andy Delort and Nicolas Pays. Marseille defender Bamo Meïté, three parts of a match at the start of the season and not appeared on the field since mid-September, was attractive at the start of the transfer window. And it was about him that Laurent Nicollin had declared to wait for the end of the market… Which has never been so close.